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Warning: this post is only going to make sense if you know how to chant Torah.
Third aliyah of Korach - Numbers 16:30. Korach and chums have been bitching about how Moses and Aaron have all the power, and Moses is setting up a test: we'll both burn incense to God, and if the earth opens up and swallows you, then we'll know I was right.
Look at the trop. Look at what it does - you hardly ever get that sort of repetition in a mappach clause. Musically, it's step-up, bounce-down, bounce-up, bounce-down, bounce-up, settle-down, quiver - doesn't that sound like an earthquake to you? I liked that. Like the mesorah is making a little joke. Nice.
Third aliyah of Korach - Numbers 16:30. Korach and chums have been bitching about how Moses and Aaron have all the power, and Moses is setting up a test: we'll both burn incense to God, and if the earth opens up and swallows you, then we'll know I was right.
Look at the trop. Look at what it does - you hardly ever get that sort of repetition in a mappach clause. Musically, it's step-up, bounce-down, bounce-up, bounce-down, bounce-up, settle-down, quiver - doesn't that sound like an earthquake to you? I liked that. Like the mesorah is making a little joke. Nice.